Aha! Life of my life, Delight of my days!
How you surprise me at every turn,
imagining what I have not considered:
new life amidst death,
snowfall in spring,
brokenness leading to birth.
I am grateful that you are as you are,
unlimited and unpredictable and holy impossible.
Gently melt my worries as a snowflake dissolving
on the still sleeping beauty of a daffodil bud;
keep me glad and curious to experience
the Divine Imagination.
Why am I amazed when you provide in a way I didn’t expect?
Why am I surprised when you answer a prayer?
Why am I so slow to see your hand at work?
You continue to amaze me
You do not leave a single stone unturned, with all the messiness beneath
Yet that messiness is necessary to get me where you need me.
I have prayed for you to put me where you need me.
And then I am upset when you do so
Let this change be pleasing to you
Let this be the step
Let me blossom into the person you need me to be
Let this be an amazing unexpected turn
Amen. Thanks for sharing your prayer, Wendy!
You my God
are full of surprises
I take time for rest
with a timetable and plan for
renewal
But You
dismantle my ways
and pull me into You
to study
and pray
and listen
and wait.
I am still waiting–
for renewal,
new life
The surprise is that
“this is okay”.
This speaking into my soul
that You are doing–
This active waiting that I am doing–
it’s okay
I am where You want me to be
I want to stay
with You
“Active waiting”….so true! Welcome back from your sabbath time, Juanita. Blessings for Holy Week.
‘I’m so pleased you came’ she said, the surprise lighting up her eyes. For a few minutes, the loneliness is dispelled in a place that is not her home. The warmth of a smile and friendly question, ‘Would you like a cup of tea?’ breaks down the cold walls of isolation. This is a hard time and place to be, to acknowledge her need, to want to be heard.
Wrapped in our hurts, surprise us God, with the joy of recognition, the delight of time shared, the freedom of new possibilities.
Amen.
Yes.